Sculptor. Born Denmark. Came to England in about 1655 and arrived in London by 1660. Also carved the amazing statues of Melancholy and Raving Madness that used to adorn the entrance gates of Bethlem (Bedlam) Hospital (when it was at Moorfields) and can now be seen in a small museum in Kent at the Bethlem Royal Hospital. Father of writer Colley Cibber. Died London, buried in the Danish church, Wellclose Square, which he had designed, but that was demolished in 1870.
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Charles II statue - Soho Square
Erected in the King's lifetime - see Fenner Brockway for our list of other su...
The Monument - west and north
The bas relief by Cibber is worthy of close examination. It shows a woman on...
Other Subjects
Paula Haughney
Sculptor. Her website, our picture source, says that she "lives and works in the east end with a studio in the Bromley by Bow community centre."
1 memorial
Sir John Steell
Born John Robert Steell, Aberdeen. Queen Victoria's official sculptor in Scotland, his work includes the Walter Scott statue at the Scott Monument in Edinburgh and Robert Burns in Albert Square, Du...
2 memorials
Jonathan Wylder
Sculptor. Born in Salisbury, Wiltshire. originally a painter, he turned to sculpture in his thirties. His subjects include Mother Theresa of Calcutta. His own website.
2 memorials
José Simões de Almeida
Sculptor. Born at Figueiró dos Vinhos, Portugal. Known as 'Nephew' to distinguish him from his uncle who had the same name and was also a sculptor. He trained at the School of Fine Arts of Lisbon. ...
1 memorial
2 memorials
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